RFK Jr’s anti-science agenda will be catastrophic for the United States
As I wrote for The Guardian, the CDC – the federal agency in charge of protecting the health of Americans – is …
Trump’s Washington DC takeover is straight out of a fascist playbook
About 800 national guard troops will be deployed in the nation’s capital because, according to the president: ‘Our capital city has been …
The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world
The Guardian has a weekly “featured essay,” and this week, the newspaper featured my essay titled “The destruction of Palestine is breaking …
Trump’s coalition is self-destructing over the Iran war question
You don’t have to be a fan of Tucker Carlson to enjoy the spectacle of a Republican civil war, I write in …
Trump is deliberately ratcheting up violence in Los Angeles
In The Guardian, I argue that Trump is escalating the situation to justify greater force and repression. Now he’s talking about sending …
We’ve never seen a more error-prone, incompetent presidency
In their rush to implement a barely concealed authoritarian agenda, this administration is producing a litany of blunders, gaffes and slip-ups, I …
The case against Mahmoud Khalil is meant to silence American dissent
As I write in The Guardian, the open door of American democracy is slamming shut faster and louder than we could have …
Mahmoud Khalil’s treatment should not happen in a democracy
For The Guardian, I wrote about how the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil is an attempt by the Trump administration to destroy free …
A mind-numbing affair: On Trump’s Inauguration Speech
I wrote this short essay as a part of a Guardian panel on Trump’s inauguration speech. Well, that was boring. Predictable, prosaic …
Daniel Penny’s lawyers used a racist defense strategy and it worked
I wrote this essay for The Guardian, highlighting a fundamentally racist argument that Penny’s lawyeres used in the trial, that it was …